գանգ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian գանգ (gang).

Pronunciation

Noun

գանգ (gang)

  1. skull, cranium
    Synonym: (archaic) կառափ (kaṙapʻ)

Declension

Derived terms


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1]

Possibly, a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Avar гвангва́ра (gʷangʷára, skull),[2] for which a native origin has been proposed[3]. Compare also Karata гвангва́ра, Godoberi гвангва́ра, Chamalal гвангва́ра (gʷangʷára), Andi гвангвара (gʷangʷara), Akhvakh гвангва́ра (gʷangʷára), Botlikh гвангара (gʷangara, skull), Tindi гвангва́ра (skull; bubble),

Alternatively, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wn̥k-, zero-grade of *wenk- (to bend), whence Sanskrit वञ्चति (váñcati, to go crookedly), वङ्क्रि (váṅkri, rib), Old English wōh (crooked, bent), Proto-Germanic *wanhō (bend, angle) and possibly Old Armenian գանգուր (gangur).[4]

Noun

գանգ (gang)

  1. skull, cranium
    Synonyms: գագաթն (gagatʻn), կառափն (kaṙapʻn), ձեղուն գլխոյ (jełun glxoy), սկաւառակ (skawaṙak), ուղղաբոյն (ułłaboyn)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: գանգ (gang), գանկ (gank)Western Armenian

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գանկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 516b
  2. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 609
  3. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*gwɨ[l]gwǝ”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  4. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գանգ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 149b

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